Chapter 7: Countercharge

Yvonne was absent-minded. She did not even notice when there was a drizzle in the sky. At the crossing where people came and went, she was so distracted and bumped into an office worker who came in a hurry. All the mathematics books in her hands fell to the ground. "What’s wrong with you? Are you blind?" The person cursed and left without looking back. Yvonne was so angry and she squatted down. The mathematics book had been stained with raindrops and stains from the mud. As the cold rain fell on her body, Zoila’s vicious sarcasm still lingered in her mind. Just as the young girl fell into a daze, little by little, a black umbrella was silently placed in the air her. "Get up." "Mr. Leinster?" Yvonne was stunned. Zachary got out of the black luxury car in person. Dressed in a suit and shiny leather shoes, he looked so elegant as if he were not from the secular world. Yvonne looked at his long and slender hand and couldn’t help but grasp it... Unexpectedly, the moment they touched, she felt as if the world was spinning, and she was pressed directly by the man against the glass window of the shop behind her. "L-L-Leinster..." People were coming and going on the sidewalk. He pressed her under himself so openly. Even though there was an umbrella blocking their sight, many people strangely looked at them. "I haven’t gotten even with you yet." "W-What’s that..." Every time she saw this successful man who was ten years older than her, Yvonne would always feel fear in her heart. "Steal a kiss from me," Zachary said, s, his thin lips pressed down on hers in front of everyone’s eyes! "Oh..." Yvonne was unable to breathe! She stared at the man approaching in front of her, and had a burning feeling all over! Behind the tall man, everyone passing by looked at her. She was so nervous that she even forgot to breathe. "No, don’t do this here." Yvonne unconsciously grabbed his cold and hard black suit with both hands. The man looked at her nervous look with satisfaction and smiled slowly. "Is it too much?" "No..." She blushed. "Why? Why didn’t I feel this way when I faced Jordan in my previous life?" "There are too many people here." Yvonne was conflicted. The cold man lifted her chin with one finger and focused on her pink and tender lips. Yvonne held her breath and closed her eyes. Seeing that she was so obedient, Zachary slowly lowered himself. He kissed her lightly. Yvonne opened her eyes in a daze. She stretched out her hand and gently touched the kiss he had just landed on her. Lips with her fingertips... He was so gentle, so affectionate... He held her condescendingly. "If we’re in the car, I can’t guarantee that I will only do this." "Thank... thank you, Mr. Leinster... for letting me go." "Damn it!" As soon as she said it, she felt that she was so stupid! "This man had only kissed me once, how can I be so moved?" Yvonne thought. "Is it because of his ardent eyes and obscure hint in his words?" As Yvonne was still confused, he spat out the words in an overbearing manner, "Let’s get in the car!" A black Maybach. Yvonne and Zachary were both sitting in the back seat of the luxury car. The driver was driving in front. Yvonne’s books and clothes were all wet, and they were placed in the front seat. "Come here." It was a little awkward in the car. Looking at the restless girl beside him, Zachary patted the place next to him in a flirtatious manner. Yvonne swallowed a mouthful of saliva and obediently sat down. Then he was holding a high-quality towel in his big hand. He gently held her head and began to wipe her hair. Yvonne was a little flattered. She subconsciously lowered her head and said, "Mr. Leinster..." "Don’t move." Zachary glanced at her with dark black eyes, but did not stop wiping. There was rain on the girl’s body, moistening her hair and sticking to her snow-white skin. The transparent water droplets stuck to her skin, and the well-shaped, swan-like neck was also wet. Zachary was expressionless. He was wiping her cheeks, her chin, and her neck with Towell in his hand... Yvonne felt hot all over. She felt that he was looking at her body unscrupulously with hot eyes. Including that, he was already helping her to wipe her chest with his hands... The man was calm, and the delicate and flexible touch of her could be felt through the towel. But he didn’t look different, and still kept calm. However, she didn’t know that he had "bullied" her to a certain extent in his heart under such a calm appearance. Yvonne felt that he was deliberately teasing her, but she had no evidence! "Mr. Leinster, no..." Seeing that she was twisting, he stopped immediately and put away the towel. The atmosphere in the car gradually became hot from the silence just now. Not only Zachary, but Yvonne also felt the desire in her body when they touched each other like that. It was a little awkward. At this moment, her phone rang at the right time. Yvonne seemed to have been saved and quickly picked up the phone. "Hello, Mr. Glover?" "Miss, where are you now?" "I’m near home. Why?" "Just now, Zoila came back and cried as soon as she got home. I don’t know what she said to Mr. Taylor, and he seemed to be very angry! Miss, be careful when you’re back..." Yvonne looked serious suddenly. "I understand. Thank you, Mr. Glover." "What kind of trouble was Zoila trying to cause this time?" In her previous life, she did not have a good relationship with anyone. And of course, no one would remind her like this. She did not expect that the words she had said to Mr. Glover after her rebirth would be so helpful! Yvonne tightened her grip on the phone and quickly thought about countermeasures. "What’s wrong?" Seeing that she looked different, Zachary asked. "Nothing," Yvonne said, "I’ll get off here. I have something to do at home, so I’ll go back first." It was a coffee shop that was very close to the Taylor Mansion, and it only took a few steps to get there. At this time, the relationship between Zachary and her father was still very tense. As a result, before she figured out why her father was angry, she still didn’t want him to know that she was too close to Zachary in case he might be angrier. "What can be the reason?" Yvonne was thinking while holding a book. She was thinking about every detail of Zoila’s words and actions in the cafe today. At six o’clock in the evening, at dinner time in the Taylor Mansion. "Where is Yvonne?" "Mr. Taylor, she went out at noon today. Now... she should be back soon." Frank’s face was full of anger. At the dining table, Zoila’s eyes were swollen with tears, and Sarah was secretly looking at Frank’s face. Just now, Zoila showed Yvonne’s recording in the coffee shop to Frank, which made him very angry when he heard that, and he immediately wanted Yvonne to come back and ask her. "I didn’t expect her still to be so aggressive!" He could understand when she hated Sarah and her daughter. However, in the recording, her words "Get out of the Taylor Family" were still too cruel! Seeing that this was a good opportunity, Sarah said in a roundabout tone, "Frank, it has been a long time since Yvonne disliked us. I think we should forget about it this time. Anyway, it had already taken you a lot of effort to ease the relationship between you and her..." "Mom, she humiliated me in front of so many classmates. Couldn’t she even be scolded?" Zoila said with grievance. "I know that you feel wronged, but your sister didn’t mean it. If... if your dad lost his temper, maybe she would be away from home for one month again, like last time." Seeing that Sarah and Zoila were echoing each other, Frank immediately became angrier. "Shut up." Frank sat in front of the dining table and felt annoyed to hear. This time, they did not dare to say anything more. At this moment, the servant rushed over. "Mr. Taylor, Yvonne is back!" "Dad, Ms. Mooney, I’m back!" A girl’s clear and sweet voice came from the gate. Her lively and happy appearance was simply incompatible with the gloomy atmosphere in the Taylor Family mansion at this time. Yvonne was wearing a red sweater, with two large bags of snacks and drinks in her hands, and her delicate little face was flushed with sweat. "Whew, I’m so tired. Zoila, I’ve bought what you want!" As soon as she entered the door, she made this series of movements. She was so natural, as if she were an outsider on this matter. For a moment, Sarah and Zoila were a little dumbfounded. Frank was angry and yelled directly when he saw her. "Yvonne, come here!" "Dad?" She put down the two shopping bags and walked towards the dining room. "Tell me what you said to your sister in the afternoon!" "Sure enough!" Just now, Yvonne was thinking deeply while walking on the road. In the end, she guessed that Zoila deliberately recorded the content of their chat in the afternoon and then showed it to her father! Her father had never liked internal family conflicts. If he had only listened to their conversation that afternoon, he would have thought that Yvonne was bullying them. "Hey." Yvonne was not afraid at all when her father was furious. She walked over and pulled her father’s arm as if she were playing house. "Dad, it’s not a big deal. Just calm down." "I admit that I did say something I shouldn’t have said in the afternoon, but that was nonsense. And I’ve apologized to Zoila a long time ago, and she also forgave me. Is it right, Zoila?" "You!!" Zoila was so angry that her face was distorted. "When did she apologize to me? She almost wanted to yell at her, but she was restrained by reason and just clenched her fists with anger. "Yvonne, what you said in the afternoon was too hurtful. She had cried in the room for the whole afternoon. Even your father felt heartbroken when I saw this." Sarah was viciously stirred up. She was sure Yvonne was impatient. As long as she said that her father loved Zoila, she would be furious. So that it would be easy for her to talk irresponsibly. At that time, her father and sister would quarrel. Sarah waited for her to lose her temper insidiously. Unexpectedly, this beautiful young girl in front of her was shocked first, then she looked at Zoila with some pity. "What? Zoila, you’ve been crying the whole afternoon? Why didn’t I know that? Let me see if your eyes are red from weeping." As Yvonne spoke, she reached out to touch Zoila’s face. Which made her immediately feel frightened an,d slashe pped Yvonne’s hand away. "Don’t touch me!!" This action made Frank slightly frown with displeasure. Seeing this, Sarah stepped forward quickly. "Yvonne, don’t be angry. She did this because she was too sad in the afternoon." "I won’t be angry." Yvonne smiled and smiled bitterly. "I’m your elder sister. Of course, I should give way to you." Her words and actions were so perfect, and even Sarah, who was quite tactful, couldn’t find an opportunity to take advantage of her. No matter how angry Frank was, he couldn’t let go of his anger when he saw Yvonne like this. He only taught her seriously, "Yvonne, you should speak appropriately even when you’re angry. What you said this afternoon was going too far!" Yvonne accepted completely and nodded obediently like a kitten. "Yes, Dad, I’m still too young. I was studying mathematics in my seat at that time. Zoila and a few other classmates came to tease me, a nd I lost control. I won’t do it again." Yvonne looked so guilty that she didn’t seem to be pretending. Hearing her words, Frank frowned. "Are you kidding me?" Then he immediately caught the point and turned to ask Zoila, "Zoila, what did you and your classmate say in the afternoon?" She suddenly felt a little guilty. "I..." "It’s just a quarrel between children. I guess it’s probably for the sake of the discipline competition." Sarah quickly tried to mediate. A cold glint flashed across Yvonne’s eyes. "That’s right. Both Zoila and I signed up for the discipline competition in the department. I don’t have good foundations, and she only said something about me being stupid, saying that she could easily have more than fifty points than I. At that time, there were so many people, and I was so angry from embarrassment that I started arguing with her. I was so angry that I told her to leave..." "What did you say?" In the recording, Frank only heard Yvonne’s unilateral humiliation of Zoila, but he didn’t hear what Zoila had said before that. And Zoila immediately stood up from the dining chair. "It’s not like that. I didn’t say it!" "Zoila, I’ve scolded you, and you’ve thrown my book as well. We’re even now." As Yvonne said, she took out the Calculus book that had fallen into the mud because she had bumped into someone. The book was dirty, as if it had been deliberately thrown to the ground. Her series of actions drove Zoila mad. She stood up but was stopped by Sarah, and didn’t lose her cool in the end. However, Frank’s face was extremely gloomy at this time. Seeing that it was about the time, Yvonne said softly. "But later you said you had forgiven me, Zoila? Why did you bother Dad with such a trivial matter?" More than an interruption, she did it in a big way and gave him the recording file! However, Yvonne rejected it. And she was taking the initiative to show her goodwill to Zoila instead of complaining. Anyone with good sense would be able to tell at a glance who it was that didn’t treat her as a sister. Even Sarah had to give in to her trick. Yvonne smiled faintly. "Look, Zoila, I’ve already bought everything you asked me to buy. Don’t be angry anymore, ok?" Zoila was mad. She didn’t expect Yvonne, who had always dared to love and hate, would be so shameless. Vicious people hated others for being more vicious than themselves. Then she stood and pointed at Yvonne’s nose and cried, "I didn’t ask you to buy things for me! Yvonne, you are r shameless liar!" After that, she cried and ran to her room upstairs. "Well..." Sarah panicked as well. She wanted to chase after her, but only found Frank, who was poker-faced, braced himself, and spoke. "Yvonne, don’t waste your time on her. She’s still too young and ignorant!" "That’s right. She’s my younger sister and a few months younger than me." Yvonne rolled her eyes in her heart. Sarah gritted her teeth. Now she wanted nothing more than to eat Yvonne alive! However, she could only endure it when Frank was present. And she had to leave the restaurant in a hurry. For a moment, only Yvonne and her father were left on the dining table, leaving the entire space instantly quiet. No one was happy at the dining table. And the person who was the most unhappy was still Frank. "Dad, I’m sorry." Seeing her father look grave, Yvonne felt a little heartbroken suddenly. "Sorry, Dad, I didn’t handle the relationship with Ms. Mooney and my younger sister properly, and I had annoyed you." Frank looked at Yvonne in front of him. He was indeed angry, but when he looked at her eyes that were very similar to his, he found a bit of sincerity and guilt in them, and he could not blame her, no matter what. He just sighed. "Forget it. It’s not your fault." "It’s not your fault." "Let the past be passed! You shouldn’t be responsible for our faults. No matter what, you are always our favorite daughter." Thinking of this, Yvonne lowered her head. Seeing that her daughter looked sad, Frank asked, "Are you ok?" "I’m fine. I just saw my mom today, and she had the same words for me." His face stiffened slightly. "Let’s eat." After a while, he sighed and refilled Yvonne’s bowl. After all, he owed her and her mother...